Thousands of people gathered in Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities, to commemorate Pavlos Fyssas, the left-wing musician who was stabbed to death by members of neo-nazi Golden Daawn on September 18, 2013.
Chanting slogans against fascism, the demonstrators rallied in Keratsini and Kokkinia suburbs of Piraeus, the area where Pavlos Fyssas was stabbed and died.
Before the rally the crowd gathered in front of the memorial that has been set up.
His mother Magda and father Panos were some of the first to arrive with relatives and friends and leave flowers where the 34-year-old man left his last breath.
The rally was attended students, leftist organizations, and anti-estsablishment groups, simple anti-fascist citizens as well as members of opposition parties PASOK/KINAL, SYRIZA and KKE.
«Ο Παύλος ζει…» – Η πορεία στη μνήμη του Π. Φύσσα.#Φυσσας #KillahP
18-9-25 pic.twitter.com/2gJZZgaWXH— lolos marios (@lolosmarios) September 18, 2025
Antifascist 12-year anniversary memorial rallies were held also in Thessaloniki, Chania and Patras and other Greek cities.
While back then, members of Golden Dawn party were stabbing and chasing migrants and the government did nothing against such criminal behavior in the streets of Athens and Piraeus. Ιt needed the murder of a Greek to activate the political will and crack down the criminal organization called golden dawn that had even managed to enter the Greek parliament in the elections of 2012.
Fyssas’ memorial rallies coincided with the release from jail of Golden Dawn founder and leader Nikos Michaloliakos, 67, over health reasons; a decision that has been condemned by parties and unions, demanding its revocation.
